Quote (Djunior @ 18 Apr 2023 19:09)
Why invade? I guess the Russians knew what was going to happen after several rounds of NATO expansion followed by the 2008 NATO (Bucharest) summit followed by Euromaidan in 2014 don't you think? Be honest for once FFS
Finland joining NATO makes sense, Ukraine joining NATO doesn't make sense if you want to argue that NATO is a defensive alliance. Hint: NATO is NOT a defensive alliance because they're prepared to risk all out war with Russia over Ukraine (NATO knows that Ukraine is a red line because they were told so).
If you want to run a defensive alliance (as claimed by NATO) you'll have to accept that your main adversary (Russia) won't like it when you tell the world that Ukraine will become a NATO member in the future (@2008 NATO summit)
Quote (ferdia @ 18 Apr 2023 19:13)
well said.
I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you:
Russia bravely protecting itself from terrible Nato agression:
Russian missile hits Zaporizhzhia apartments
Do you know that Ukraine gave up 2000 nukes in exchange of protection from the US, UK, and Russia in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum ?
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_MemorandumAt a joint press conference in January 2003, Putin responded to a question about Ukraine. “Ukraine is an independent sovereign state, and it will choose its own path to peace and security”
Source:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/19/putin-russia-ukraine-nato-george-robertson/Ukraine is a sovereign country:
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_statesThe invasion of Ukraine may also have violated international agreements that Russia is a party to, including:
The 1975 Helsinki Final Act, in which the USSR promised not to violate the "territorial integrity" of other signees, including through the use of force. Russia and Ukraine were both created as a result of the USSR's breakup.
The 1994 Budapest Memorandum, in which Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom agreed "to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine."
The Minsk Agreements, which are a pair of ceasefire agreements signed by Russia and Ukraine relating to the conflict between those countries that began in 2014
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_UkrainePutin: Soviet collapse a 'genuine tragedy'

U.N Resolution condemning military agression of Ukraine:

Fatality meme:
